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Define radC = {v e VI C(v,u) =Oforallu e V}. Writing {· , · } for the pairing of the dual V* with V, define rp : V --+ V* by {rp(v}, u} = C(v, u). ,radC = 0). If U is a subspace of V, let ul. = {v E v I C(v, u) = 0 for all u E U}. 39) u n ul. = rad(Ciuxu ). Even if Cis nondegenerate, we may have U n u1. =F 0. For example, take k = JR, V = JR2, C(x, y) = X1Y1 - X2Y2• and U = {(x~o XI)}; then C is nondegenerate, but U = u1. =F 0. However, we can make the positive statement given in the following proposition.
This condition means that for every finite subset {r1, ••• , rn} of R and every set of elements u; e Ur;, the equation implies that each u; is 0. From this formulation it follows that the union of any increasing chain of independent subsets of Sis itself independent. By Zorn's Lemma there is a maximal independent subset T of S. By definition the sum Vo = Lrer U, is direct. We shall show that V0 = V. We do so by showing, for each s e S, that Us s:;; V0 • If sis in T, this conclusion is obvious. If s is not in T, then the maximality of T implies that T u {s} is not independent.
Examples of Semisimple Lie Algebras 35 Next let M be an n-by-n matrix over C and write M = ReM+ ilm M. 60) -lmM) ReM on JR2n. This identification has the following properties: (a) Z(MN) = Z(M)Z(N) (b) Z(M"') = Z(M)"' (c) Tr Z(M) = 2ReTr M (d) detZ(M) = ldetMj 2 • For the proof, only (d) requires comment. Because of (a) it is enough to check (d) for elementary matrices. Matters come down to M of size 1-by-1, where the argument is that (z) = (x + iy) ~ (; -~) with If g is a complex Lie algebra, then B 9 (X, Y) = Tr(adXadY), while B9a(X, Y) = Tr(Z(adXadY)).